Project Grant 80NSSC24K0966

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $174,700 Project Grant to Thinkorbital Inc., a small aerospace research and development company based in Boulder, Colorado, through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program (CFDA 43.012, Space Technology). The grant aims to support early-stage feasibility studies of visionary aerospace concepts that could potentially enable new human or robotic space science and exploration missions. Specifically, the grant focuses on...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) on July 29, 2025, with a completion date of July 28, 2027. The NIAC Program focuses on early-stage feasibility studies of visionary aerospace concepts that could significantly enhance or enable new human or robotic science and exploration missions. This Project Grant supports UMD in exploring the overall...

The University of Colorado (UEI: SPVKK1RC2MZ3) received a $149,976 Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) to advance the development of a new 3D visualization tool for the solar wind environment. Under a prior grant, the recipient brought the tool to Technology Readiness Level 4, and this award will support transitioning it to Readiness Levels 5-6 through validation testing within the operational workflows of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $272,800 SBIR Phase I Project Grant to Morningbird Media Corporation to develop and test a prototype propulsion engine that utilizes electromagnetic energy to enable high-speed space travel. The goal is to create a fundamentally new approach to spacecraft propulsion that could lead to orders of magnitude faster space travel compared to current chemical propulsion systems. The key technical objectives are to develop a complex dielectric material and...

The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program, under the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.012), awarded a $174,970 Project Grant to Helicity Space Corp. on January 16, 2025. This early-stage feasibility study focuses on developing visionary aerospace concepts that may significantly enhance or enable new human or robotic science and exploration missions. The proposed aerospace architectures are expected to advance from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 1-2 and address...

This $689,643 Project Grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) will support research to advance machine learning and simulations for understanding the large-scale structure of the universe. The primary awardee, the University of California, Berkeley, will lead the development of fast methods to generate realistic simulated datasets for upcoming space-based surveys like the Roman and SPHEREx missions. This will...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to enable a sustainable space industry that minimizes environmental impact. The key objectives are to: Investigate how existing space resources like lunar regolith and metallic debris can be used to manufacture products for use in space, reducing reliance on Earth-sourced materials. This involves studying...

This $274,951 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the research and development of an air-breathing electric propulsion system for reusable satellites by Viridian Space Corporation. The proposed system uses an electric propulsion thruster and an air scoop to collect atmospheric air, enabling satellites to refuel directly from the Earth's atmosphere. This technology aims to create reusable satellites...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD), under CFDA 43.001 Science, provides $100,000.00 to conduct research on "IF YOU GAZE INTO THE VOID MAGNETIC FIELDS GAZE BACK: TURBULENT MAGNETOGENESIS IN COSMIC VOIDS" at The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The research project, which runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026, aims to study the origins and evolution of magnetic...

This $499,914 Project Grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD) on June 5, 2025. The grant, titled "LINKING AURORAL PARTICLE PRECIPITATION AND FIELD-ALIGNED CURRENT WITH MAGNETOSPHERIC DYNAMICS USING A TWO-WAY COUPLED MHD-AEPIC MODEL," will be conducted by the Regents of the University of Michigan, with a completion date of June 4, 2029. The grant will fund a research project to expand scientific understanding of the...